Portencross Castle

Portencross Castle, also known historically as Portincross Castle, is situated in Portencross, on the west coast of Scotland, about 3 km from West Kilbride.

Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Type: Tourist attraction
Description: castle in Portencross, Scotland
Also known as: “Portincross Castle”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Little Cumbrae and Hunterston Castle.

Little Cumbrae

Island

Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Little Cumbrae is an island in the Firth of Clyde, in North Ayrshire, Scotland. It lies south of Great Cumbrae, its larger neighbour. The underlying geology is igneous with limited outcrops of sedimentary rock. Little Cumbrae is situated 2½ miles northwest of Portencross Castle.

Hunterston Castle

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Hunterston Castle, West Kilbride, North Ayrshire, Scotland is the historic home of the lairds of Hunterston and Chiefs of Clan Hunter. The keep dates from the late 12th, or early 13th centuries, while the attached manor house is of the 18th century. Hunterston Castle is situated 2 miles northeast of Portencross Castle.

Little Cumbrae Castle

Photo: Eddie Dowds, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Little Cumbrae Castle sits on Castle Island or Allin Tuirail from the Scottish Gaelic: eilean tùr nan uaislean meaning "islet of the nobles' tower", a small tidal island situated off the east coast of Little Cumbrae, in the Firth of Clyde. Little Cumbrae Castle is situated 2 miles northwest of Portencross Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include West Kilbride and Seamill.

West Kilbride

Photo: Scotia, CC BY 3.0.

West Kilbride is a town in Ayrshire on the Clyde coast, with a population of 4860 in 2022. Named for St Brigit of Kildare, it was traditionally a weaving, potato-growing and sheep-farming town.

Seamill

Village

Photo: Paul Thomson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Seamill is a village in North Ayrshire on the west coast of Scotland, about 5 miles north of Ardrossan and 8 miles south of Largs, on the east coast of the Firth of Clyde. Seamill is situated 2 miles southeast of Portencross Castle.

Millport

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Great Cumbrae is an island in the Firth of Clyde off the coast of Ayrshire, with Millport as its only settlement, and a population of 1376 in 2011. The island is about 3 miles long by 1½ miles wide, roughly tooth-shaped, with a broad bay indenting its south coast.

Portencross Castle

Categories: cairn, tower house, castle, building, tourism, and historic site
Location: North Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.69935° or 55° 41′ 58″ north

Longitude

-4.90495° or 4° 54′ 18″ west

Operator

Friends of Portencross Castle

Open location code

9C7QM3XW+P2

OpenStreetMap ID

way 285871979

OpenStreetMap feature

building=castle

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=castle

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=attraction

Wikidata ID

Q7231565

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In Other Languages

From German to Turkish—“Portencross Castle” goes by many names.

German: “Portincross Castle”
Italian: “Castello di Portencross”
Italian: “Portencross Castle”
Portuguese: “Castelo Portencross”
Turkish: “Portencross Kalesi”

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Highlights include Auld Hill and Auld Hill, dun site.

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